Due to heavy rain, flash floods and muddy roads and many other reasons, the fighting in the area of Taihang Mountain has been temporarily calm, but the Ming army has basically completed the encirclement and trapped the main force of the Liukou in the area of Taihang Mountain.

Some of the rogues who had escaped from the encirclement by breaking into pieces went north along the Taihang Mountain, passed through Liaozhou, and attacked Leping County in Pingding Prefecture, Shanxi.

Xu Dingchen hurriedly sent Po Ximu to chase him, and the Liukou crossed the Taihang Mountain and plundered the area of Zanhuang and Lincheng in Zhending Mansion, Hebei.

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly led the famous general soldier Liang Fu to Zhending, defeated the Liukou in the west mountain of Lincheng, and chased all the way into the Taihang Mountain, defeated the Liukou again, killed the first 11 thieves and all the old camp people, and repatriated the 20,000 people who were coerced.

The Liukou were afraid of Lu Xiangsheng, but the route of escape to the south had been blocked, so they had to go north and hide in Wutai Mountain.

Since then, there are no more rogues in the area of Zhending Mansion who dare to approach.

Because of the heavy rain that lasted for many days, Qin Chuan did not arrive in Lu'an City until July 20.

Prior to this, he broke the rogue in Mianshan, beheaded the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun, and captured the news of Liu Guoneng alive had already spread to the Taihang Mountain area.

Xu Dingchen was greatly excited, although there have been a lot of victories in the Taihang Mountain area recently, but most of them are fought by guest troops, and most of them are in Henan, in addition to Cao Wenzhao in Shanxi to help recover a few counties and towns, Zhang Yingchang, Po Ximu, Ai Wannian, etc. under his account have not won a few battles, and he also praised Zhang Daojun to set up an ambush and captured the leader Mantianxing, and he had to be the first merit of the Shanxi generals to suppress bandits.

Now, Qin Chuan not only beheaded Li Yangchun, but also captured Liu Guoneng alive, beheading 1,400, and his combat exploits are still above Zhang Daojun.

But at the same time, there was also news that Qin Chuan attacked Zhangyuan Village without authorization, slaughtered the Fan family and the Zhou family, and burned down two mansions.

This made Xu Dingchen very embarrassed, he knew that Qin Chuan was taking revenge on the Fan family, and he was also telling the court with his actions: Since you don't deal with the Fan family, he will do it himself.

It stands to reason that Qin Chuan's unprovoked massacre of the gentry clan was a heinous crime, and Xu Dingchen, as the governor, had the responsibility to punish him.

But Xu Dingchen dared to touch him.

What's more, Qin Chuan's soldiers and horses are notoriously strong and strong, and he still has two words at every turn.

And this person is ruthless, he will repay his eyes, and he is never merciful when he should kill people, Xu Tingrong and Ninghua Wangfu in Xinzhou are living examples.

Annoyed this person, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat.

Xu Dingchen decided to pretend to be deaf and dumb first, if the emperor wanted him to die, it would not be too late to find a way to cure his crime.

On the day Qin Chuan arrived in Lu'an City, Xu Dingchen also took Zhang Daojun and dozens of other generals and officials out of the city to greet him.

Of course, the purpose was not to greet Qin Chuan, but Liu Guoneng and the 1,400 heads.

This is the first time Xu Dingchen has seen Qin Chuan, and when he saw that the other party led a hundred red-armored guards to come unhurriedly, he couldn't help but secretly admire, this Qin Chuan is really extraordinary, and he has the style of a general.

The 100 red-armored guards were in good spirits, marching in an orderly manner, and there was a sense of tempering blood in silence.

Even the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses that stopped in the distance were orderly and silent.

In fact, everyone present saw Qin Chuan for the first time, and like Xu Dingchen, they were very curious to look at this figure who was born out of thin air and stirred up the bloody storm in Shanxi, and they were also surprised by the neat appearance of the soldiers under his account.

Obviously, this is a strong army, and among the generals who suppress bandits in the Taihang Mountain area, I am afraid that there are few armies that can compare to Qin Chuan's soldiers and horses.

Seeing Qin Chuan approaching, Xu Dingchen greeted him with a smile and arched his hand: "Congratulations to General Qin for his great achievements." ”

Qin Chuan turned over and dismounted, and he didn't bow on one knee, but only arched his hand and said with a smile: "Lord Futai has been humiliated, but it's just a small achievement, how can He De let Lord Futai personally go out of the city to greet him?" ”

"Hahaha, General Qin is polite, Ben Fu has prepared a banquet in the city for the general to celebrate, General Qin, please."

Xu Dingchen turned sideways and made a gesture of please.

Who knew that Qin Chuan smiled apologetically and said: "Thank you Lord Futai for your kindness, but the humble generals have always never left the army, the soldiers have never left the generals, and they are not good at drinking and socializing, and the kindness of the adults has been accepted." ”

"This ......"

Xu Dingchen was stunned for a moment, and then guessed the reason, this person was afraid of being booby-trapped, so he would not leave his army, let alone enter the city for a banquet.

When he was speechless, Qin Chuan beckoned to the back, and said: "Lord Futai, he captured the leader Liu Guoneng in Mianshan and beheaded more than 1,400 levels, so let it be handed over to Lord Futai." ”

As he spoke, Emperor Guan's army behind him had already driven a few mule carts and walked over with a tightly tied man.

Xu Dingchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and solemnly arched his hand: "The general's battle is a great achievement, and Benfu will definitely report to the court truthfully and show the general's merits." 139 Reading Network

"Then thank you, by the way, Lord Futai, it has been more than a month since I went out to fight, and there is not much grain and grass left in the army, and I ask you to allocate food and grass according to the routine, so that the soldiers can fight hard to kill the enemy."

"This is natural, later on, Ben Fuzi will send people to send 300 stone of military rations, 100 stone of essence and 20 carts of coarse materials out of the city, and allocate them to the general."

"My lord, there are many military horses under the quilt, can you allocate more essence?"

"This ...... General Qin, there is not much essence left in the army, and one hundred stones is already the largest amount that Ben Fu can allocate. ”

"Lord Futai, in the fertile land of Lu'an Mansion, there should be a lot of gentry in the city, and there must be a lot of grain and beans in their homes, since there is no concentrate in the army, you can let them donate some of the salary."

Hearing this, Xu Dingchen's face changed slightly.

The other people present also changed color, and some even had angry expressions on their faces.

Qin Chuan raised his head and laughed: "Hahahaha, don't blame Lord Futai, it's just a joke from the lowly position, since there are not many essences in the army, can the lowly position send some people into the city and buy them from the grain merchants in the city by themselves?" ”

Xu Dingchen's face softened slightly, nodded and said: "Naturally, it can, but now that the army is in chaos, the food in the city has risen again and again, and now a pound of bean material has risen to one or two or eight yuan per stone, and the price of bran and bean cake has more than doubled compared with a few months ago." ”

The corners of Qin Chuan's mouth couldn't help twitching, it doubled in a few months, and it was really expensive.

But he doesn't want to tear his face with Xu Dingchen now, it's not good to force the other party to give more bean feed, and it's not good to rob houses nearby, so he can only buy some for use first, and it's not too late to grab some big households on the way back to Lou Fu.

Thinking of this, he said a little helplessly: "Lord Futai, military horses are indispensable for war, no matter how expensive they are, they have to be bought. ”

Xu Dingchen pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, Benfu will allocate another hundred stones of essence to the general, but the rest can only be found by the general." ”

"Thank you, sir."

While talking, Liu Guoneng and the cars of people were delivered.

Qin Chuan was not verbose, and directly handed over Liu Guoneng and those heads to Xu Dingchen.

Xu Dingchen carefully looked at those gains, and then bowed his hand to Qin Chuan with satisfaction: "The general and camp outside the city to rest, later this Fu will order someone to allocate grain and grass, and then order someone to bring some wine and meat to the general and the soldiers. ”

"Lord Futai is polite, this is Qin's business."

"General, don't leave it at that."

"Goodbye, sir."

The two said goodbye, and then led their men and horses to turn away.

Qin Chuan asked Emperor Guan's army to set up camp on a high ground three miles away from Lu'an City, and then sent Lao Huang and Lynx to lead dozens of Emperor Guan's troops into the city to buy military horse essence.

The most important thing in fighting the rogues is to run fast, almost all of the old camps of the rogues have mounts, and the military horses must be well fed and strong in order to catch up with these people.

Therefore, military horse essence is indispensable.

In the afternoon, Xu Dingchen really sent people to send grain and grass, 300 stone of grain, 200 stone of essence, and 20 carts of forage.

In addition to this, there were twenty vats of wine, five sheep and five fat pigs.

Qinchuan still has meat, and when he went out on the expedition, he brought a lot of dried meat, and the more than 200 sheep captured in Zhangyuan Village are still 50 left, and with the jerky, they can still eat for about 20 days.

But this thing is not enough, so Lao Huang and Bobcat bought back 300 stone bean feed, and also bought 50 sheep and more than 200 catties of cured pork.

Pigs are not as obedient as sheep, they are not easy to walk, and they haven't eaten pork for a long time, so Qin Chuan asked people to slaughter all the five pigs that were only over 100 catties, and they ate all of them that day.

The next day, Xu Dingchen went out of the city again and personally sent an order to Qin Chuan, saying that Cao Wenzhao was located in the area of Linqi Town, Zuo Liangyu and Deng Xi were in the area of Qi County, and Wang Pu was in the area of Yanjin.

At that time, the Liukou would definitely flee into the mountains south of Lingchuan, and ordered Qinchuan to intercept the Liukou in that area, and annihilate the enemy in the Taihang Mountains with Cao Wenzhao and others.

After Qin Chuan received the order, he pulled out the camp and went south on the same day and went straight to Lingchuan.

Xu Dingchen's strategy was right, and Qin Chuan was also planning to go there, but he would not wait any longer, but went directly to Taihang Mountain, preparing to attack Gao Yingxiang head-on.

Because, Li Biaofeng is in Gao Yingxiang's team.